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1676 that, I~Rr. Dahlgren came out first with a planning survey. Following the survey, he developed a land use proposal and an initial draft of the zoning ordinance. Those land use proposals were eventually refined into the zoning plan. The land use and rezoning proposal tiwas rev~.sed two or three times and here is the final draft of that. There have been a few changes since our meting sx weeks ago. He gave Iia.yor Nilsen am Official cony of the Ordinance and. map. Howard Dahlgren: Fa_con Heights is not a typical community. You have the unique situation where 2~3 of the Vi.lage is owned by the Fair Grounds and the University of I~4inn~sota. It is primarily a single family, residential community of ve*y excellent quality. ?because it is primarily a single family community, vrith relatively 1 ±tle business, we have the typical problem here of commercial business in close proximity to high class residential districts. One of the prime concerns of the proposed rezoning is to offer protection to the existing high quality residential developments. lay the same token vre vrant to encourage commercial developments in those areas where it is appropriate. The over-all objective is to promote high duality commercial development and yet protect and encourage the development of good. single family residential areas toward which you are well on the vray. A good deal of our study was concerned with the tax base of the community. 'Most homes, unless you have an average val- uation of X30,000.00 and upwards, do not pay for services rendered for those homes plus the school costs. What is needed is a. non-residential tax source such as commercial or industrial. Theme is relatively little raw land left in Falcon Heights for any vast commercial or industrial development. It is important ±hat we encourage a cor!rnercial development of high quality so we don't tend to waste the land available. V`Je are fearful of encroaching upon the very fine residential areas zve have. The ultimate design and construction of the grade separation at the corner of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues is unknown. If a grade separation is constructed at this point, we have s ome severe problems of providing access to the existing commercial facilities ~rre have on that corner . ~! very substantial portion of your non residence taxes are loc^+ed on that corr:er. The University Proper+tT can be considered to be an asset to the Village in several ways. Number 1, it a+,tracts people who are connected with the University and who a°,ant to live in Falcon heights. Number two, the cultural relationship between the campus and the people of the Village is a good thing. Number 3, the vast areas of open space, a~;sthetically, is an a~:vantage to the Villa~-e. V~ithout that, you would be surrounded vrith high-density urban development. The question is where does the University go from here in regard to the acquiring of more land. It is very difficult for them to determine how much land they are eventually going to need or whether there might be a.n eventual shift of some of their campus to another area. This is something we are going to ha~.e to live iaiith, but we have t: iven some thought as to -.°;hat mi~--ht ha---pen i_f they moved some of +.,he'_r farming activities to another location. He--, then went to the mans and pointed out what zoning they singes+,ed for the University ovn ed land if any of it should be sold for commercial use. He also re^!arked that vre would appreciate the University's cooperation if any large narking areas, or large construction such as a stadium were planned vrithin 300', or any narking within 300' of residential area, that then some coordination vrould be desirable betereen the Village and the University so we don't hurt each other in any way. irde do feel that vahere we might have vrhat is considered a conflict of interest that here some coordination would be desirable. Tha+,'s basically what the ordinance says in regard to the University and Fair ('bounds people. ~:Iayor Nilsen called. for q~~estions from the floor from people living East of Snelling ~a.venue. There being none, Dahlgren vvas asked to describe what had been done East of Snelling.